Lipid droplet size and location in human skeletal muscle fibers are associated with insulin sensitivity

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In skeletal muscle, an accumulation of lipid droplets (LDs) in the subsarcolemmal space is associated with insulin resistance, but the underlying mechanism is not clear. We aimed to investigate how the size, number, and location of LDs are associated with insulin sensitivity and muscle fiber types and are regulated by aerobic training and treatment with an erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) in healthy young untrained men. LD analyses were performed by quantitative transmission electron microscopy, and insulin sensitivity was assessed by a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. At baseline, we found that only the diameter (and not the number) of individual subsarcolemmal LDs was negatively associated with insulin sensitivity (R2 = 0.20, P = 0.03, n = 29). Despite 34% (P = 0.004) fewer LDs, the diameter of individual subsarcolemmal LDs was 20% (P = 0.0004) larger in type 2 fibers than in type 1 fibers. Furthermore, aerobic training decreased the size of subsarcolemmal LDs in the type 2 fibers, and ESA treatment lowered the number of both intermyofibrillar and subsarcolemmal LDs in the type 1 fibers. In conclusion, the size of individual subsarcolemmal LDs may be involved in the mechanism by which LDs are associated with insulin resistance in skeletal muscle.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:313

Enthalten in:

American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism - 313(2017), 6 vom: 01. Dez., Seite E721-E730

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nielsen, Joachim [VerfasserIn]
Christensen, Anders E [VerfasserIn]
Nellemann, Birgitte [VerfasserIn]
Christensen, Britt [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aerobic training
Eryhropoietin
Insulin sensitivity
Intramuscular lipid droplets
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Skeletal muscle fiber types
Transmission electron microscopy

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Date Completed 19.12.2017

Date Revised 23.02.2018

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01320449

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1152/ajpendo.00062.2017

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM274184699